Japanese symbol for “asking”
聴取
ちょうしゅ
Romaji: choushu
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); enquiry
In Japanese, asking is 聴取, read ちょうしゅ (choushu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); enquiry
- n, vs, vt listening (e.g. to the radio)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “asking”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尋ね | たずね tazune | question; inquiry; asking |
| お尋ね | おたずね otazune | inquiry; enquiry; question |
| 無心 | むしん mushin | pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking; begging |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 視聴 | しちょう shichou | looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching |
| 聴衆 | ちょうしゅう choushuu | audience; attendance; hearers |
| 聴覚 | ちょうかく choukaku | (sense of) hearing; auditory perception |
| 傍聴 | ぼうちょう bouchou | listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting) |
| 盗聴 | とうちょう touchou | interception (email); wiretap; bug |
| 取引 | とりひき torihiki | transactions; dealings; business |
| 買取 | かいとり kaitori | purchase; buying; buying out |
| 取得 | しゅとく shutoku | obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of) |
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